Saturday, November 24, 2012

Developing ideas as you work


John Szarkowski speaks about ideas and working on a project.
'You can't solve artistic problems in your head, and then execute them. In real life you never know what the answer is. You have to work through it until you can't go any further and you think that must be the answer.'

It brings to mind Mies van der Rohe's statement 'Build, don't talk'.